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Teaching You The Fear: The Bogeyman of Political Violence

Posted on August 30, 2020August 31, 2020 by ScottSoriano

Disclaimer: This Comment gets a bit theoretical. Be patient and plow through. I think it will be helpful. One of the difficulties of discussing politics and violence is that we have a tendency to make it a black and white issue. We ask, “Is political violence good or bad?”  Whatever the answer, it spawns disagreement…

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Play Ball…or Don’t!

Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 by ScottSoriano

If someone asks me what is going to happen with the election, or pretty much anything else, my stock answer is “I don’t know.” I answer “I don’t know,” because I am old enough to realize that there is a hell of a lot I don’t know, especially what the future holds. But I also…

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Tom Ammiano: Progressive Hero

Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 by ScottSoriano

A couple weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Tom Ammiano. For those of you who don’t know who Tom is: Tom was the first teacher to come out in SF back in the 1970s, while teaching and advocating for kids in the Mission (which was not the boutique-y neighborhood it is now)….

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Trump: The Defensive Child & Reality

Posted on August 22, 2020August 23, 2020 by ScottSoriano

Since the pandemic hit, Donald Trump’s callousness and ineptitude has brought about a man-made disaster. The United States has over 170,000 dead, the economy is failing, and every other problem we face seems to have gotten worse. The president’s popularity has sunk to levels enjoyed by “Sitting next to a guy on the bus, who…

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Head Down, Hold Tight

Posted on August 14, 2020 by ScottSoriano

This from the introduction to Michael Cohen’s forthcoming book. As a bookseller who specialized in presidential lit, I have to say that the library on Trump will be the sleaziest and strangest ever. “From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union,…

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The McConnell/Trump Unemployment/Election Con

Posted on August 7, 2020 by ScottSoriano

So here we are a week into federal unemployment extensions lapsing and other help stalled, and nothing. The media is still both-sides-ing this thing, a line that is getting repeated on social media. People who should know better complain, “Why don’t the Democrats make a deal? Listen: The Democrats are trying. Pelosi had a deal…

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Loser, Failure & Coward

Posted on August 3, 2020August 4, 2020 by ScottSoriano

One question that I get asked over and over is “What if Trump loses and doesn’t leave?” Actually, it’s not so much a question as a statement of worry. My reply to that “question” is always the same: “If Trump loses my bet is that he makes noise but leaves. We can make him leave…

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Herman Cain: Dead

Posted on August 2, 2020 by ScottSoriano

Herman Cain died of complications due to COVID. A right-wing businessman and supporter of Donald Trump, Cain was an early COVID-denialist and was against wearing face masks. He didn’t just pooh-pooh face masks, he made strong statements in support of hardcore face mask haters. He also refused to wear one, including at Trump’s Tulsa rally,…

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Victory Portland

Posted on August 1, 2020 by ScottSoriano

It is Saturday, August 1, 2020. In Portland, peaceful protests are being held at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal building. People are gathering in the streets in front of and around the building, continuing to demand the end of systemic racism and police abuse. Occasionally, someone throws a rock at the barricades surrounding the building….

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Against Total Domination

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 by ScottSoriano

In writing these Comments, I try to stay even. Admittedly, right now, staying even is a tough thing to do. There is a demented baby-man in charge of the country. He is surround by a pack of playground snot-eaters that attach themselves to bullies. He has an incredible arsenal of power and, thanks to the…

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